TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1988
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ALL THE STUDENTS SURVEYED WERE ASKED CONFIDENTIALLY AND ANONYMOUSLY A QUESTIONNAIRE WITH 26 QUESTIONS.
DR CHOA SAID THAT FOLLOWING A SMALL SCALE PILOT SURVEY IN 1985, THIS TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY WAS STARTED LAST OCTOBER.
IT WAS AIMED MAINLY AT ASSESSING THR EXTENT OF PSYCHOTROPIC ABUSE PROBLEM AMONG STUDENTS AND OBTAINING INFORMATION ON THEIR SOURCES OF ILLICIT DRUGS, THEIR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ABUSE OF THESE DRUGS.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT CANNABIS, MANDRAX AND COCAINE WERE THE THREE DRUGS MOST COMMONLY HEARD OF BY STUDENTS MAINLY THROUGH TELEVISION OR FILMS.
A TOTAL OF 1,011 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, REPRESENTING PER CENT OF THE TOTAL SURVEYED, HAD CLAIMED TO BE DRUG ABUSERS.
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TWO-THIRDS WERE MALES. ABOUT HALF LIVED IN PUBLIC OR SUBSIDISED HOUSING ESTATES, AND MANY (42 PER CENT) TOOK DRUGS REGULARLY.
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THE MAJORITY OF THE REGULAR DRUG ABUSERS WERE WITHIN THE AGE GROUP OF 13 AND 17 AND WERE STUDENTS IN FORMS 2 TO
OVER HALF OF THEM TOOK DRUGS MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH.
DR CHOA SAID A HIGHER PROPORTION OF DRUG ABUSERS COULD BE FOUND IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS THAN IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS.
STUDENTS SURVEYED,
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OF THE 21,243 TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN CONTINUED, 591, REPRESENTING 2.8 PER CENT, HAD BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE ABUSED PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.
OVER 95 PER CENT OF THEM WERE MALES, MORE THAN HALF LIVED IN PUBLIC OR SUBSIDISED HOUSING ESTATES, AND ABOUT ONE-THIRD TOOK DRUGS REGULARLY.
THE MAJORITY OF THE REGULAR DRUG ABUSERS WERE AGED FROM 19 AND CAME FROM PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES AT THE CRAFT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THEM ABUSED DRUGS MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH.
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DR CHOA POINTED OUT THAT BOTH CATEGORIES OF THE STUDENT DRUG ABUSERS OBTAINED ILLICIT SUBSTANCES MAINLY FROM THEIR FRIENDS + NEIGHBOURS OR RELATIVES WHILE THEY WERE AT HOME OR THEIR FRIENDS' HOMES, IN DISCOS, PARTIES OR PICNICS.
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